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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

In that case the fucking nurse needs to pay more attention to their fucking patient.... that loony-tune bastard is annoying me!

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

Not true......look at how hard you tried.

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

~ FR ~

Senate appoves extension after Bunning ends blockade

K.

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Why I took a stand

‘If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything.’

By Jim Bunning
I have been serving the citizens of Kentucky for nearly 24 years in Washington. During that time I have been a member of both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. I have taken thousands of votes in relation to spending the taxpayers' money. I will be the first one to admit that I have cast some bad votes during my tenure, and I wish I could have some of them back. For too long, both Republicans and Democrats have treated the taxpayers' money as a slush fund that does not ever end. At some point, the madness has to stop.

Over a month ago, Democrats passed and President Obama signed into law the "Pay-Go" legislation. It calls on Congress to pay for bills by not adding to our debt. It sounds like a common sense tool that would rein in government spending. Unfortunately, Pay-Go is a paper tiger. It has no teeth. I did not vote for the Democrats' Pay-Go legislation because I knew it was just a political dog-and-pony show to get some good press after some political setbacks. Since the Pay-Go rule was enacted, the national debt has gone up $244,992,297,448.11 (as of Wednesday, that is).

Why now?

Last week, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., asked to pass a 30-day extensions bill for unemployment insurance and other federal programs. Earlier in February, those extensions were included in a broader bipartisan bill that was paid for but did not meet Sen. Reid's approval, and he nixed the deal. When I saw the Democrats in Congress were going to vote on the extensions bill without paying for it and not following their own Pay-Go rules, I said enough is enough.

Many people asked me, "Why now?" My answer is, "Why not now?" Why can't a non-controversial measure in the Senate that would help those in need be paid for? If the Senate cannot find $10 billion to pay for a measure we all support, we will never pay for anything.


America is under a mountain of debt. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a hearing last month that the United States' debt is unsustainable. We are on the verge of a tipping point where America's debt will bring down our economy, and more people will join the unemployment lines. That is why I used my right as a United States Senator and objected.

See the rest at http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/03/column-why-i-took-a-stand-.html#more

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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
Back on topic... I actually support Bunning in this.  He was not blocking the appropriations, but he was blocking it without the funding to support it.  If only that could be done for ALL bills.

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ORIGINAL: cadenas

Considering his voting record, that isn't praiseworthy but hypocritical. He voted for the millionaire tax cuts that got us into this mess in the first place. Spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a boondoggle border fence? No problem. Putting money into the pockets of those consumers who would revive the economy? Can't have that, "it will blow the budget".

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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
Back on topic... I actually support Bunning in this.  He was not blocking the appropriations, but he was blocking it without the funding to support it.  If only that could be done for ALL bills.

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ORIGINAL: cuckyman

Why don't you read them yourself, you might just learn something....

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I ask you this simple question
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Cucky:
You rail on extensively against socialist and communist. Those words are tossed about quite freely and sometimes the meanings get blured.
Perhaps,for the sake of this discussion, you might furnish us with your definition of communist and socialist?
And you launch into a two page rant of unsubstanitated rhetoric.
If you cannot answer the question at least be ethical enough to say I do not know.
If you wish to be taken seriously then it is incumbant on you to let us know the meaning of the words you use with such vituperous intent.